The Solar Tandem has its day in the sun скачать в хорошем качестве

The Solar Tandem has its day in the sun

The Solar Tandem is currently on display in Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia exhibition at the Queensland Museum until 8 June 2015. This short film was produced by Oktay Ortabasi (http://www.dreamingtreeproductions.com), the son of the lead researcher of the Solar Tandem and is currently showing in the exhibition. The film focuses on the two races and intersperses original footage with interviews with the Solar Tandem team. The Solar Tandem was the brainchild of researchers from the University of Queensland’s Solar Energy Research Centre (SERC), which was set up in 1979. The Solar Tandem, later named Supernova Australia, was unveiled in 1984. It is a four-seater bicycle that is powered by a combination of human effort and sunshine. Even at the time solar power was not new, but this bicycle took it one step further by including technology that allowed the human power and solar power to work in harmony at maximum efficiency, all without the need for conventional batteries. Film courtesy of Dreaming Tree Productions http://www.dreamingtreeproductions.com Find out more about Freewheeling and the fascinating story of the Solar Tandem via the Queensland Museum blog http://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2015/02/18/...